Sphendale
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 23, 2024 12:43 PM
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History
Now unlocated, Sphendale was an ancient place in Attica. Herodotus mentions it as a place located along the route of Mardonius' march from the Megarid to Tanagra by way of Dekeleia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585963
38.1317257275, 23.7911729245
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- Σφενδάλη (Sphendale: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Sphendale located near Dekeleia (unspecified date range)
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unlocated, deme (Athenian)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 Sphendale
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: between Dekeleia & Tanagra [VIII - ?]
J.S. Traill, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sphendale: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585963> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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